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SENECA COLLEGE PNR P NR 300/
PNR300 FINAL EXAM SOLUTIONS
Question : 1. Jeffrey is a 60 year old who had knee
surgery 1 day ago. Ashley the night nurse informs Jalpa the day nurse that Jeffrey received one dose of morphine
- hours ago and has been sleeping since then with no
pain. Jalpa assesses Jeffrey and finds he has no vital signs, a Code Blue is called and Jeffrey is declared deceased. On chart review Ashley did not assess Jeffrey at any time after giving morphine, hospital policy dictated vital signs should be assessed every 15 mins for one hour after giving morphine. Ashley's failure to properly
monitor Jeffrey is an example of what:
CORRECT ANSWER : Assault
Intentional Tort Negligence Incapacity
Question : 2. Jeffrey is a 60 year old who had knee
surgery 1 day ago. Ashley the night nurse informs Jalpa
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the day nurse that Jeffrey received one dose of morphine
- hours ago and has been sleeping since then with no
pain. Jalpa assesses Jeffrey and finds he has no vital signs, a Code Blue is called and Jeffrey is declared deceased. On chart review Ashley did not assess Jeffrey at any time after giving morphine, hospital policy dictated vital signs should be assessed every 15 mins for one hour after giving morphine. Ashley's failure to properly
monitor Jeffrey is an example of what:
CORRECT ANSWER : Assault
Intentional Tort Negligence Incapacity
Question : 3. Documentation is used to communicate to
all members of the health care team and to monitor client status and progress. All of the following are examples how nurses demonstrate this standard except?
CORRECT ANSWER : Ensuring timely, complete and
accurate record of care
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provided Documenting both objective and subjective data accurately Using abbreviations appropriately Ensuring documentation is made in a temporary format or record
Question : 8. Your client who has dementia refuses his
0800 medications. His daughter is his substitute decision- maker. What should the nurse do?
CORRECT ANSWER : Crush the medications, put them
in apple sauce and then feed it to him Contact his daughter to discuss the change in behavior medicatio ns Get someone to help you open his mouth and make sure he swallows the Contact his daughter and insist she come to the home and make
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sure her father takes his medications
Question : 9. Alyssa is a client on a mental health unit. On
admission, she is a voluntary client and is competent to make treatment decisions. She is diagnosed with an eating disorder. At meal times, she is anxious and only eats fruit with ice cream. Her nurses want to give her a prn (take as needed) medication to reduce her anxiety in order that she will eat more food. Alyssa is undernourished and has lost weight. Identify the correct statement about Alyssa's situation
CORRECT ANSWER: A voluntary patient lacks
capacity to make treatment decisions A patient with incapacity is not able to understand the information relevant to making a decision about the proposed treatment relevant to making a decision about the proposed treatment A patient with capacity is able to understand the information